between the uk and the eu, as sara girvin reports. across northern ireland today people woke up news of a political breakthrough thats has been nearly two years in the making, the lack of a functioning executive for so long has caused many issues for the lives of people, public sector workers were out on strike earlier this month over pay. unions hope that increases will now be a priority. our members have a sense of hope but they are apprehensive. teachers haven t had a pay increase for three year, they really have waited long enough. they have watched teachers wages grow far ahead oaf wages in northern ireland. that is one priority. parents hope that financial hope with childcare available in other parts of the uk will now be signed off. families here have been watching developments elsewhere in the uk, in england we have seen record investment in childcare and the extension to 30 hour scheme, it is considerably more than families can access in northern ireland. the dup wal
earlier this season, he had to apologise after going out after a defeat to manchester city. he is available for their premier league game at wolves tomorrow, but ten hag was asked whether he was instilling the correct discipline at the club and if rashford was showing him disrespect. nothing to do with that with me, but in football, ute discipline you need. that is on the pitch, but also off the pitch, because also, there s a line. every player knows this. every professional knows this, what is required. we have to focus on winning football games, and that s all that matters. every talk professional knows what is required. a couple of matches. barcelona have moved up to third since manager hernandez announced he would be leaving at the end of the season. they won 1 0 at home. atletico madrid can move back, but no goals yet. japan either to the asian cup quarterfinals after beating bahrain 3 1 in qatar. after a spectacular effort, after the break, goals ensured the four tim
about their reporter evan gershkovich, who has now been detained in russia for over 300 days. a very good evening. for the first time in nearly two years, it looks like northern ireland will have a devolved government and an assembly up and running by the end of next week. last night, there was a long meeting of the dup executive, the unionist party that collapsed power sharing in february 2022 in protest at the post brexit trading rules and checks which they said undermined northern ireland s place within the united kingdom. they now believe they have the assurances they need from westminster to return to government with the nationalists, sinn fein. our ireland correspondent sara girvin has this report. across northern ireland today, people woke up to news of a political breakthrough that s been nearly two years in the making. the lack of a functioning executive for so long has caused many issues for the lives of people here. public sector workers were out on strike earlier
on the israel gaza war. international pressure mounts on israel to reduce civilian casualties. the us secretary of defense, lloyd austin, is in israel, where he s expected to meet officials later. we ve been seeing smoke on the gaza skyline again this morning. it comes as the uk, france, and germany step up global calls for a ceasefire. britain s former defence secretary, ben wallace, has warned that israel risks losing its legal and moral authority for its war in gaza. in a newspaper article, he described israel s tactics as crude and indiscriminate . the hamas run health authority in gaza says israeli air strikes have killed at least 110 people in a single day in the jabalia refugee camp. we re also following the latest from the un security council it s due to convene later today, to disucss the humanitarian situation in gaza. to disucss the humanitarian it s expected to look at a new draft resolution calling on israel and hamas to allow greater humanitarian access to th
there are growing calls for a ceasefire in gaza and international pressure is mounting on israel to reduce civilian casualties. the us secretary of defense, lloyd austin, is in israel where he s expected to meet officials later. we ve been seeing smoke on the gaza skyline again this morning. it comes as the uk, france and germany step up global calls for a ceasefire. britain s former defence secretary, ben wallace, has warned that israel risks losing its legal and moral authority for its war in gaza. in a newspaper article, he described israel s tactics as crude and indiscriminate . the hamas run health authority in gaza says israeli air strikes have killed at least 110 people in a single day in the jabalia refugee camp. we re also following the latest from the un security council which is due to convene later today, to discuss the humanitarian situation in gaza. it s expected to vote on a new draft resolution calling on israel and hamas to allow greater humanitarian access